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laid in large Heaps in the Orchard, provided it 
be well fenced with a good Wall or Hedge. 
Thus they fhould lie a Month or five Weeks, 
more or lefs, according to the Nature of the 
Fruit. In that Time they’ll be fit for the Mill, 
unlefs they are very rough, hard Fruit indeed. 
If they are, they may require eight or ten 
Weeks. As this common Method made 
ufe of in the South ams, I thought it proper to 
mention it firft, although I account it the very 
worft Way, becaufe the Fruit lying all this 
While expofed to the Air, Rain and Froft, they 
are apt to penetrate into the Apples, and weaken 
their Cyder. Their Reafon for doing this is, 
that fuch Apples, fo expofed, afford a larger 
Quantity of Liquor than thofe hoarded under 
Cover: And this jhey muff certainly do; but 
as it is for their Family Ufe, they matter not 
its Weaknefs, fo they have the larger Quanti- 
ty ; for this is that which gives them the mod 
Satisfaction. 
The Southams Method of hoarding Windfall 
Cyder- Apples, called there Grafs- Fruit. In 
thefe Parts, fays my Devonfhire Correfpondent, 
they feed their Orchards very bare till about 
Midfummer ; after which Time no large Cattle 
is admitted into them, becaufe the Apple-Trees 
in general being very low in their Heads, and 
the Apples then of a good Size, many would be 
loft by them ; therefore only Sheep are admit- 
ted after that Time, and they only till Lam- 
mas. But if Fruit comes on very forward, they 
